Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-30
BEAUTIFUL ARCADIA.
E. j. Baldwin's New Town Un.
der Way.

E j. Baldwin's Santa Anita ranch il
undoubtedly the most beautiful place
in Los Angeles county. No visitor to
Southern California considers his trip
complete without AN inspection of the
home place and at least por tion of the
immense domain. 1t has always been
Mr.. Baldwin's intention to subdivide
a portion of his ranch and sell off thirty
or forty thousand acres of it to settlers
and also to establish city or two. This
gentleman has been so much engaged
with his great stables, distillery and
other things that he delayed carrying
out his Intentions. Another reason for
the delay was that Mr.. Baldwin wished
to furnish to his cities the finest water
supply on the American continent.
To that end he has by a won.
derful feat of engineering and
with great labor and expense built
pipe line from q point very far up in
the Santa Anita canon, and now has
water galore. And such water! Why,
if this God-given fluid were piped to
Los Angeles and distributed in the CITY,
the saloons would lose half their GUS
toners, and water drinking would be.
come fashionable.
ARCADIA.
The water being secured Mr.. Baldwin
laid out city ON the San Gabriel Valley
road, about four miles this Side of Mon.
rovia and just north of the beautiful
Santa Anita avenue, and to this city he
applied the euphonious name Of Ar.
cadia.
1t is one of the most delightful spots
imaginable for town, and as it is pretty
certain that the A. T. & s. F. branch
will pass this point and the Southern
Pacific be not far off, it looks as if it
would make thriving business city in
the very near future. AT present the
city consists of sign under huge
spreading oak tree, but in four days
about three hundred lots have been sold
and the surveyors are having hard work
to keep up with the agent, Mr.. H. A.
Unruh, in his sales. Plans for the
depot are prepared and the order is now
in Los Angeles mill and the work will
commence at once. A large planning
mill will be erected near the depot aud
contracts are being let for several bust.
ness houses. The Santa Anita Perfum.
cry mandatory and flower farm is situ-
ated in Arcadia. The ground has been
plowed for the reception of the Towering
plants, and the lumber is on the ground
for the erection of buildings.
THE GRAND HOTEL.
The crowning glory Of the whole en-
terprise, however, is the magnificent |
hotel to be erected by Mr.. Baldwin at !
the head of Santa Anita avenue. The |
site is on level plateau near the mouth |
of the cafion, and commands to-day the |
most beautiful view in California.
1t is away above the surrounding
country and one can see Catalina Islands
and almost everything else. The build.
ing itself will be four stories high, of
granite, from quarry near by, and will
cost over $50O,000. Aside from this,
Mr.. Baldwin intends to spend vast |
sums in beautifying the grounds,
opening up romantic spots in
the mountains, etc. Yesterday |
fifty men began work on the grounds,
one feature of which is an orange or.
chard of 100 acres. This will be plant.
cu ~ OHCcs l. AcTo dTo uIduy DchuliIul |
little caiions near the hotel, and it is the
mention to build trails and roadways
aud make every attractive spot easy of
access. There will always be something
fresh and interesting to see and some
place to 60, and the lucky guest of the
Hotel Santa Anita will never find the
time hang heavily on his hands. Mr..
Baldwin has started in on an era of
improvement, and says in a very
determined way that he will make
his hotel the most charming place in the
State, if money and enterprise will do it.
This gentleman is taking less interest in
travelling over the continent, and is
thinking more of making tie
surroundings of his home, where
he expects to spend the grea er
portion of his years, attractive. His
various enterprises in the development
of the region in which he lives will give
employment to vast army of workmen,
and put in circulation large sums of
money. They will also assist in spread.
ing the fame of Los Angeles county
abroad, to which his world known Santa
Anita ranch has so materially added.